Anthology.

 This lovely little newly released book is a collected anthology of poetry written by members of the Dan Poets group who meet weekly at the Dan O'Connell hotel in Melbourne. There are some 60 poems published in the book, some of which are illustrated by members of the Firestation Print Studio, also in Melbourne. In 2018 members of the Print Studio were given the opportunity to choose a poem that appealed to them and to submit their illustrations to be included in the book. The cover of the book is a lino cut by Jan Liesfield and the first poem in the book is called ' 37 ° - Thunderstorms Predicted' by Laura Brinson, which was the poem that I chose to illustrate.

     This above is the actual page in the book, the very first poem and illustration on Page 2 !

This above is a picture of the image that I made with my hand carved stamps before I rubbed out the frame guidelines and and submitted it for publication.  I am thrilled to be associated with this collaboration between poets and artists.